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TIL there are potentially more tigers living in secret in the united states than in the wild

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p8mN TIL The Pillars of Creation were destroyed around the same time our neolithic ancestors were inventing the wheel
J0Yj TIL that sand is a finite resource and we are running out.
mnBO TIL that Catalan activist Enric Duran took out 68 loans from a total of 39 banks between 2006-2008, with no collateral, and no intention of repaying, and used the money to finance activist movements, as an act of ‘financial civil disobedience’
p8oy8 TIL about Drapetomania, a mental illness that Dr. Samuel Cartwright hypothesized as the cause of slaves wanting to flee captivity
gr697 TIL that the band Len was given $100k to film the music video for “Steal My Sunshine.” They flew two dozen friends to Florida and broke their hotel elevator loading all their alcohol into it. Then they just filmed themselves relaxing and riding around in the afternoons when the hangovers wore off.